Working with files

Working with files

Get File/Folder Metadata

Get the Metadata for a file or folder.

Example

$file = $dropbox->getMetadata("/hello-world.txt");

With options:

$file = $dropbox->getMetadata("/hello-world.txt", ["include_media_info" => true, "include_deleted" => true]);

Fetch file details:

//Id
$file->getId();

//Name
$file->getName();

//Size
$file->getSize();

The getMetadata() method will return an instance of the FileMetadata model.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_metadata

List Folder Contents

Get the contents of a Folder.

Example

$listFolderContents = $dropbox->listFolder("/");

//Fetch Items
$items = $listFolderContents->getItems();

//Fetch Cusrsor for listFolderContinue()
$cursor = $listFolderContents->getCursor();

//If more items are available
$hasMoreItems = $listFolderContents->hasMoreItems();

The listFolder() method will return an instance of the MetadataCollection model.

$listFolderContents = $dropbox->listFolder("/");

//Fetch Items (Returns an instance of ModelCollection)
$items = $listFolderContents->getItems();

//All Items
$items->all();

//First Item
$items->first();

//Last Item
$items->last();

Further calling the getItems() method of the MetadataCollection model, will return an instance of the ModelCollection model, which extends the awesome Collection class. See it's Available methods.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder

List Folder Continue

Paginate through all files and retrieve updates to the folder, using the cursor retrieved from listFolder or listFolderContinue.

Example

$listFolderContents = $dropbox->listFolder("/");

//Process listFolder Items
...

//If more items are available
if ($listFolderContents->hasMoreItems()) {
    //Fetch Cusrsor for listFolderContinue()
    $cursor = $listFolderContents->getCursor();

    //Paginate through the remaining items
    $listFolderContinue = $dropbox->listFolderContinue($cursor);

    $remainingItems = $listFolderContinue->getItems();
}

The listFolderContinue() method will return an instance of the MetadataCollection model, same as the listFolder method.

List Folder Latest Cursor

Get a cursor for the folder's state.

Example

//Fetch the latest cursor
$cursor = $dropbox-listFolderLatestCursor("/Public");

//Use this cursor to check if any files/folders where modified
//post this cursor was obtained
$modifiedItems = $dropbox->listFolderContinue($cursor)->getItems();

The listFolderLatestCursor() method will return a cursor.

Using this cursor with the listFolderContinue() method will return an instance of the MetadataCollection model, with the files/folders that have been modified since the cursor was obtained with listFolderLatestCursor method.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder-get_latest_cursor

List Revisions

Get Revisions of a File

Example

$revisions = $dropbox->listRevisions("/hello-world.txt", ["limit" => 3]);

//All Revisions
$revisions->all();

//First Revision
$revisions->first();

//Last Revision
$revisions->last();

The listRevisions() method will return an instance of the ModelCollection model, which extends the awesome Collection class. See it's Available methods.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_revisions

Search

Search a folder for files/folders.

Example

$searchQuery = "hello world";
$searchResults = $dropbox->search("/", $searchQuery, ['start' => 0, 'max_results' => 5]);

//Fetch Items
$items = $searchResults->getItems();

//Fetch Cusrsor for calling search() with the `start` parameter/option for pagination
$startCursor = $searchResults->getCursor();

//If more items are available
if ($searchResults->hasMoreItems()) {
    //Pagination
    $moreSearchResults = $dropbox->search("/", $searchQuery, ['start' => $startCursor, 'max_results' => 5]);
}

The search() method will return an instance of the SearchResults model, which extends the MetadataCollection model.

$searchQuery = "hello world";
$searchResults = $dropbox->search("/", $searchQuery, ['start' => 0, 'max_results' => 5]);

//Fetch Items (Returns an instance of ModelCollection)
$items = $searchResults->getItems();

//All Items
$items->all();

//First Item (Returns an instance of SearchResult)
$item = $items->first();

//Get the type of match, that was found for the result
$item->getMatchType();

//Get the Metadata of the File or Folder
$item->getMetadata();

Further calling the getItems() method of the SearchResults model, will return an instance of the ModelCollection model, where each item will be an instance of the SearchResult model.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-search

Create Folder

Create a folder at the given path

Example

$folder = $dropbox->createFolder("/My Folder");

//Name
$folder->getName();

The createFolder() method will return an instance of the FolderMetadata model.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-create_folder

Delete File/Folder

Delete a file or folder at the given path

Example

$deletedFolder = $dropbox->delete("/My Folder");

//Name
$deletedFolder->getName();

The delete() method will return an instance of the DeletedMetadata model.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-delete

Restore File

Restore a file to the specific version

Example

$revision = "rev:a1c10ce0dd78";
$restoredFile = $dropbox->restore("/Hello-World.txt", $rev);

//Name
$restoredFile->getName();

The restore() method will return an instance of either of the FileMetadata, FolderMetadata and DeletedMetadata models.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-restore

Move File/Folder

Move a file or folder to a different location

Example

$file = $dropbox->move("/Private/Hello-World.txt", "/Public/Hello-World.txt");

//Name
$file->getName();

The move() method will return an instance of either of the FileMetadata, FolderMetadata and DeletedMetadata models.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-move

Copy File/Folder

Copy a file or folder to a different location

Example

$file = $dropbox->copy("/Private/Hello-World.txt", "/Public/Hello-World.txt");

//Name
$file->getName();

The copy() method will return an instance of either of the FileMetadata, FolderMetadata and DeletedMetadata models.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-copy

Get Copy Reference

Get a copy reference to a file or folder. This reference string can be used to save that file or folder to another user's Dropbox by passing it to saveCopyReference().

Example

$copyReference = $dropbox->getCopyReference("/Hello-World.txt");

//Get Reference
$copyReference->getReference();

The getCopyReference() method will return an instance of the CopyReference model.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-copy_reference-get

Save Copy Reference

Save a copy reference returned by getCopyReference to the user's Dropbox.

Example

$copyReference = $dropbox->getCopyReference("/Hello-World.txt");

//Get Reference
$reference = $copyReference->getReference();

//Save Copy Reference
$file = $dropbox->saveCopyReference("/My-Hello-World.txt", $reference);

//Name
$file->getName();

The saveCopyReference() method will return an instance of either of the FileMetadata and FolderMetadata models.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-copy_reference-save

Get Temporary Link

Get a temporary link to stream contents of a file.

Example

$temporaryLink = $dropbox->getTemporaryLink("/my-logo.png");

//Get File Metadata
$file = $temporaryLink->getMetadata();

//Get Link
$temporaryLink->getLink();

The getTemporaryLink() method will return an instance of the TemporaryLink model.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_temporary_link

Get Thumbnail

Get a thumbnail for an image file.

Example

//Available sizes: 'thumb', 'small', 'medium', 'large', 'huge'
$size = 'small'; //Default size

//Available formats: 'jpeg', 'png'
$format = 'jpeg'; //Default format

$file = $dropbox->getThumbnail('/my-logo.jpg', $size, $format);

//Get File Contents
$contents = $file->getContents();

//Save File Contents to Disk
file_put_contents(__DIR__ . "/my-logo.jpg", $contents);

//Get File Metadata
$file->getMetadata();

The getThumbnail() method will return an instance of the Thumbnail model.

For details & available options see: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_thumbnail

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